Analytics have come a long way since business intelligence kicked off data-centered thinking.

Watch SVP Martin Risau, Analytics and Data Management Practice as he describes how companies can reach the next step with predictive analytics. It’s all about increasing revenue and becoming a more efficient enterprise.

At HP Discover in Barcelona today, HP announced an innovative collaboration with Conservation International—a leading non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting nature for people—to dramatically improve the accuracy and speed of analysis of data collection in environmental science.

Like many other industries, the hospitality industry is dealing with increases in the volume, velocity, variety, and value of gathered data. There’s simply too much information in too many places for companies to make educated decisions as quickly as possible. Hospitality businesses participate in a variety of social media portals, capture customer data from numerous sources, and offer their products through a variety of distribution channels. The challenge, however, is in developing a multichannel integration platform that can transform this data into insights that help hospitality vendors run their businesses more effectively.

For a better understanding of the Big Data challenges in the Hospitality industry, we sat down with Bruce Moore, Application Services Executive, U.S. Consumer and Transportation Industry of HP Enterprise Services. Here’s what he had to say.

Is your company suffering from 'big data paralysis?' Wondering when data became big data and exactly what opportunities your enterprise could take advantage of with the right strategy? Join HP Enterprise Services for a Twitter chat on Tuesday, March 19th from 12-1 p.m. CT. Come join the conversation by using the hashtag #HPESchat

The retail industry is facing a tall set of challenges as it enters 2013. The convergence of new trends in technology, economics and society are compelling retailers to transform their enterprise around the modern consumer.